Pizza.com has been sold for $2.6 million.
The Wall Street Journal interviews Burger King’s CEO.
Kim Kardashian is having trouble giving up junk food.
Scheiss Weekly’s ketchup usage is troubling; reminding me of my post, Ketchup Lovers are Ruining Ketchup.
AdAge looks at the plummeting sales and poor marketing strategy of Miller Genuine Draft.
Holy City Style and Beef Aficionado [...]

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Rapper Lil Jon is in now the wine business, having started up a new wine label called Little Jonathan Winery.

(Photo: Jacob Kepler, AP)
Lil Jon, eloquently describes his feelings on wine in a phone interview with the AP, stating: “I’m not no ‘drink wine every day’ kind of dude…I’m not like an expert, so don’t [...]

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The Wall Street Journal looks for America’s top hot dog.
College Candy lays out the Top 3 fast food flubs.
Endless Simmer has a cool new feature called “Who Cooked it Better?” Up first, Rachael Ray vs. Giada De Laurentiis.
Candy Addict reviews Reese’s Whoppers.
Pizza Hut claims they are renaming themselves Pasta Hut. Yep, I’m sure that’s not [...]

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At least according to Maxim magazine. Maxim has put out their list (with pictures, of course) of who they believe are the Ten Sexiest Vegetarians. Who’s number 1? Actress Natalie Portman. Click the link above to head over to the Maxim site and see the rest of the top ten.

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Yesterday, Dr. Pepper put out a press release announcing that if Axl Rose finally releases his 17 years-in-the-making Guns N’ Roses album, Chinese Democracy, during 2008, they will give everyone in America a free can of Dr. Pepper (except Slash & Buckethead).

(Photo of Axl from Elle Blog)
From the press release:
“It took a little patience [...]

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McDonald’s has introduced an internal blog for its employees to use to discuss burger related issues.
A new interview with Padma Lakshmi.
The Sixth annual Most Creative Peanut Butter Sandwich Contest winner: Crunchy Chinese Fortune Cookie Sandwich.
The Seattle Cheese Festival has a contest for the best grilled cheese.

Kentucky Grilled Chicken?
Do food stamps make people fat?
Spinach salad with [...]

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The 10 geekiest cocktails ever.
Good Magazine looks at America’s tastiest streets.
Endless Simmer notes tonight’s premiere of Top Chef Season 4, and points us to a Washington Post chat with Gail Simmons and Hung.
SlashFood reports on a frozen pizza taste test.
The Delicious Life opines on McDonald’s hash browns.
Chez Pim praises the online cooking show “John Bull’s [...]

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My favorite DC falafel joint, Amsterdam Falafel, is now accepting Euros.
Eva Longoria has opened her own restaurant.
Heat, Eat, Review tries Honey Crunchy Chicken Corn Dogs.
Candy Addict reviews a Reese’s Peanut Butter Egg.
Portland now has a vegan strip club.
A long interview with Tom Colicchio & Padma Lakshmi from Top Chef.
The Red Hook taco vendors issue in [...]

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I seem to have missed episode #3, so click over to his My Damn Channel page if you really want to see it. Here’s episode #4, “Game Day Turkey.”

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Bobby Flay has yet another new TV show.
Grub Street interviews Padma Lakshmi from Top Chef, who pretty much confirms that she loves smoking pot. I’m still single Padma….
Slashfood reports that a recent taste test determined Los Angeles has the best tap water.
158 fast food meals for 500 calories or less.
Red Meat & Gin makes a [...]

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Having written about Cheetos and their new orange underground campaign twice in the past month, I thought we’d keep the Cheetos talk going, with a clip from one of my favorite stand-up comedians (and self-proclaimed Cheetos lover) Patton Oswalt. Enjoy.

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Today is national margarita day.
Gizmodo highlights what they are calling a “Steak Toaster.”
Endless Simmer reports on the Washington Post’s Peeps diorama contest.
Radius, of Boston, has dethroned Shake Shack’s claim to the title of “Best Burger” at Rachael Ray’s Burger Bash.
Village Voice reports that Iron Chef is nothing like what it seems on TV.
Felix Salmon calculates [...]

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Thanks to my good friends over at Endless Simmer, I have discovered that Coolio, yes that Coolio, has a cooking show that has just premiered on MyDamnChannel called “Cooking with Coolio.”

“Yo don’t forget I had that song. You know the one. From that movie yo! With that white chick! Michelle Pfeiffer. Anyone remember? Anyone?”
I can [...]

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Can I interest you in a ten-pound chocolate bar?
Heinz wants Angelina Jolie to be the new face of their Heinz Salad Cream.
The NY Times has a new food blog called Bitten, which will “use food as a window into the world.”
Joey Chestnut won the Philadelphia wing bowl with 241 wings.
Diet soda may be a factor [...]

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Pepsi has just released a new Pepsi Stuff ad which stars Justin Timberlake. Look closely and you’ll also catch appearances by other celebrities like Tony Romo and SNL star Andy Sandberg.

Disclosure: the company I work for is promoting this ad for Pepsi, although I personally have no involvement with, or connection to, this campaign [...]

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Amusing. Don’t worry, it’s safe for work with headphones on.

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There was a Rachael Ray “scandal” last week and I missed it. According to Grub Street, someone who was on the set for her latest Dunkin’ Donuts commercial reports that she had a sip of Dunkin’ Donuts coffee, yelled “what is this shit!” and insisted someone bring her a cup of her preferred Starbuck’s [...]

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Yep, that’s right. Champagne. In a can. Paris Hilton was in Berlin 2 weeks ago to promote the European launch of her new canned champagne, called Rich Prosecco. The product will be officially released in the United States in 2008. Call me crazy, but is this actually not the perfect product for Paris [...]

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Check out this old, old clip of Bill Belichick appearing on an uber-lame cooking segment for the local news in Cleveland. It appears that Belichick’s specialty is a PB & J sandwich on Sun-Maid raisin bread. Fun. And yes, this was back when Mr. 13-0 was still the head coach of the [...]

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